spiritual care for grief and burnout
when personal loss and collective heartache are too much to carry
It’s hard to be a human right now
The times we’re in are painful, confusing, and often downright brutal. Just skimming the news or scrolling your feed can be enough to leave you heartbroken and overwhelmed.
Then a big loss or a sudden change bursts into your personal life and knocks you off your feet. That personal pain and confusion stacks itself on top of the collective hurt and uncertainty around the state of the world, and it all feels to big to hold on your own.
That’s because it really is too big to hold on your own.
Maybe this sounds familiar: You’ve done your best to keep your head above water while the losses mount. You’ve done your best to ask for help. You’ve turned to therapy, or yoga, or meditation. Sometimes they help. You’ve dusted off your spiritual practice, and sometimes that helps too. You’ve turned to your friends and chosen family for support. Some may have stepped up, while others may have stepped away—you’re learning who you can lean on.
But you’re still feeling lost, burnt out, and exhausted.
The demands of daily life keep churning, and you’re running on empty while grappling with despair. You want to believe there’s another side, but it’s hard to imagine ever getting there.
It’s not your fault that it’s been so hard
Grief and burnout are powerful teachers that need to be met with deep respect, lots of time, and consistent care.
But Western culture just doesn’t offer most of us the ongoing, long-term space and support our bodies need to make meaning and heal on the other side of loss and change.
It certainly doesn’t offer space to grapple with despair over ecosystems collapsing and communities you love coming under attack.
Exhaustion, numbness, overwhelm, and collapse are natural body responses to the conditions we’re facing. When they set in and refuse to leave, most of us are left with few models to follow other than just push through.
But that’s like hitting the gas when your car is stuck in the mud. You end up more stuck, more frustrated, and low on fuel.
What if you didn’t have to fix anything?
Grief is painful and disorienting, but it’s also a powerful, trustworthy ally and guide.
Burnout is a brutal side effect of a culture that doesn’t respect our bodies—but it can also be a road sign pointing you towards the care you need.
When you’re supported in facing them and following where they lead, the process will slowly restore and deepen your capacity for joyful connection.
That’s the big paradox: in the wake of devastating loss or in the deepest pit of burnout, grief itself is what creates the pathway back.
That means there’s nothing to fix about how you’re feeling. You just need the space and the support to let that path unfold.
The blessings that follow from there likely aren’t the ones you would have asked for, and they certainly don’t erase the pain of loss—but they’re real, profound, and transformative. Over time, they can restore the sense of agency, purpose, and direction that are so hard to find right now.
My approach to grief work is based on four pillars:
Honor the body: Your body is wise and always has information about what you need. When you’re able to feel what’s present in a given moment, you can make clear and grounded choices in response.
Call on spirit: Grief can rupture your sense of purpose, direction, and belonging. When you learn to feel your connection to your guides and draw on support from spirit, the journey becomes much more steady and a lot less lonely.
Feel for the web: The thread of your personal struggle always traces back to the broader conditions we’re facing collectively. So does the thread of your healing. Feeling for your place in the web, and aligning your personal journey with a vision for thriving community, can activate your courage and keep you on the path.
Trust the small shifts: It’s tempting to hunt for big breakthroughs and life-altering insights, and those do happen—but small shifts and sustainable practices are what lay the long-term foundation for the joyful, courageous life you’re longing for. When you make a small shift in the direction of your longings, the universe takes notice.
I offer personalized, adaptive care over a stretch of at least three months, touching on each of these pillars so that we can respond together to the ebbs and flows and changes of your journey with grief.
Wait… why three months?
Spiritual care can work quickly, and a single session can bring real relief. Like a wilted plant finally getting watered, you’re likely to perk right up the first time your need for deeper care gets met. But then you head back into your daily life, and it’s full of all the same challenges. It doesn’t take long for the demands to drain away the taste of nourishment you got.
As I’ve learned as a struggling ADHD gardener: if you only water your tomato plants once all summer, you aren’t likely to end up with many tomatoes. It tends to take a full season of consistent care to bring the juicy stuff to harvest.
That kind of flourishing is what we’re after. Eventually, like a root system growing deep enough that it can get to water even when the surface is dry, you’ll find yourself stronger and more able to draw in the nutrients you need even when things are hardest.
Needing some care? Book a free consult
If you’re curious about working together, I’d love to talk. You can book a free 20-minute virtual consult any time, with no pressure to commit.
We’ll talk through what you’re carrying, and I’ll share more about what you can expect from our time together.
I want you to leave with clarity and nourishment, whether we continue together or not. So I’ll also close the call with a one-card Tarot reading that offers give big-picture guidance for the next season of your journey with grief.
You can take your time after the consult to feel how it lands—and if you decide it’s a fit, I’ll be here to go deeper.
Pricing
I’m committed to keeping care accessible, and I offer sessions on a sliding scale. I trust you to give at the level that is meaningful to you, based on your access to resources.
Multiply marginalized folks (meaning those who face structural oppression along multiple lines such as race, class, gender identity, or disability) are encouraged to pay at the lower end. If you have the means, please pay at the higher end. The middle of the scale is what I need to average across all sessions to keep my work sustainable.
Sliding scale options:
Pay by session: $75 - $125
6 session package: $360 - $660 ($60 - $110 per session. Payment plans available)
I accept payment by Venmo, cash, or check at the time of your session.